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Great Mississippi Flood of 1927: a standalone construct

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Great MississippiFlood of 19271 CONSTRUCTGreat Mississippi FloodHORNBECK · ECONOMIC HISTORY

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Economic history

the 1927 flood that drove Black out-migration from affected counties and pushed farms toward mechanization.

In economic history, Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 refers to the 1927 flood that drove Black out-migration from affected counties and pushed farms toward mechanization. This meaning comes from Hornbeck (2014) in American Economic Review.[1]

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  1. Hornbeck, R., & Naidu, S. (2014). When the Levee Breaks: Black Migration and Economic Development in the American South. American Economic Review, 104(3), 963-990. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.104.3.963

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